Category: The Nerd Off (Page 1 of 23)

Rod, Karen, Bacon and Aaron discuss listener feedback, entertainment, CI Games won’t do DEI, Ubisoft in love with Switch 2, Fortune’s Run Dev going to prison, GTA 6 could be 80 to 100 dollars, Elon Musk admits to cheating among “fake gamer” controversy, Celeste Devs cancel game, Ted Price retires, Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed to fix parkour, The Acolyte was on of Disney Plus’ most popular shows, Sony removes PS account login requirement for 4 single player Steam games, PS Plus losing Playstation 4 games, Xbox Game Pass subscriptions rise, Dragon Age devs laid off, Dr. Disrespect is monetized on YouTube again, Simu Liu wants to make Sleeping Dogs, Expedition 33 getting live action movie, video game tariffs, Jonathan Majors not returning to MCU, Marvel “Fantastic Four” AI controversy, Netflix shuts down 6 games, Dave Bautista would return to Drax if James Gunn called him, GameStop CEO decries wokeness and DEI, Marvel studios could bring back The Defenders, Creature Commandos season 2 on the fast track, Hancock 2, Marvel Rivals director laid off, Niantic is in talks to sell video game, 007 owned by Amazon, Avatar: Seven Havens, Nintendo ending switch rewards, Marvel wants Agatha Along, Marvel pausing work on some lesser known and Final Fantasy 7 is no 3 on the charts again.

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Rod, Karen, LaShonda and Aaron discuss listener feedback, entertainment, Dune Prophecy renewed, Jared Leto cast as Skeletor, Shameik Moore being creepy, Dead Space 4 pitch rejected, Jason Mamoa will play Lobo, Black Myth Wukong dev blames Series S for delay, Apple halts production of Vision Pro VR, Horizon Zero Dawn film, Tencent designated as Chinese military company by the US, Assassin’s Creed delayed again, Last of Us 2 requires PSN, Apple say Siri isn’t sending your conversations to advertisers, Donnie Yen in talks Caine, Rory McCann replacing Ray Stevenson, Switch 2 getting Xbox games and Cynthia Erivo wants to play Storm.

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Rod and Karen give a recap of what they played in 2024. Enjoy!

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Rod, Karen, Jack and Sterling discuss listener feedback, entertainment, George RR Martin hasn’t finished those books, Tangled-Live Action movie, Live-Action Clayface, Avenger Doomsday rumor, Bluey movie in the works, The Old Man canceled, Secret Level renewed, Dan Da Dan renewed, Pixar trans controversy, Helldivers 2 Killzone, Superman trailer, Sonic 2 music lawsuit, Sony owns Kodakowa, Batman 2 and Penguin 2, Black Panther 3, The Game Awards smashes rating records, Jesse Eisenberg, Jets owner makes roster move based on Madden, Borderlands 3 toilet humor, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice league ending and a Pokémon robbery.

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Rod and Karen discuss listener feedback, entertainment, Netflix shuts down AAA game studio, Assassin’s Creed Shadows drops price $50, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team disbanded, Blade moved off Marvel calendar, Vox Machina season 4, Alien Romulus sequel in the works, Netflix Lara Croft getting a season 2, Apple Vision pro headset production cut, Sony shuts down studio behind Concord, COD Black Ops biggest COD launch ever, Jack Ryan, Antman 3 made a profit, Game of Thrones movie, Godzilla Minus One sequel, the Switch 2 will be backward compatible, Nintendo music, new Star Wars film trilogy announced, Mass Effect, Sony commits to major first-party releases every year, WB gaming in trouble, Nintendo Palworld lawsuit details reveal, Nintendo sues illegal streamer for millions, Splinter Cell movie cancel, Star Wars Visions season 3, PlayStation portable in the works, Dr. Disrespect joins Rumble, Conor McGregor, Humanoid Origin studio shuts down, XDefiant, Harry Potter TV show casting, Moana 2, Chruncyroll moving One Piece episodes behind paywall and a French billionaire wanted the smoke.

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Rod, Karen and Shanna discuss listener feedback, entertainment, “Superhero” trademark battle, PS5 Pro PSN restriction, Dynamic Dou animated film, Avatar AAA game, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ubisoft, Warhammer Dev talks about “Over scoping” games, CGI Rugrats, Max losing Cartoon Network classics, Halo moving Unreal 5, Velma canceled, Joker 2 fallout, Lanterns cast Aaron Pierre, A Quiet Place game has microphone feature, Henry Cavil will star in Voltron, Nintendo Alarm clock, Death Note game, Bandai Namco expulsion rooms, Assassin’s Creed Shadow controversy, Xbox pulls Game Pass trial before Black Ops 6, God of War TV show resets, Tales of Kenzera Zau puts workers on redundancy notice, Steam review bombing War Hammer 40,000 over nerf patch, Horizon Zero Dawn adding more NPCs, Kuwait blocks Call of Duty: Black Ops, View Master movie and the Sony video game music concert series.

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Rod and Karen discuss listener feedback, entertainment, the PS5 Pro, Dr. Disrespect defends himself, GRRM still ain’t wrote them books, Peter Renaday dies, Jonathan Majors at Famous Monsters Fest, Bleach live-action movie in the works, Microsoft lays off 650 people, Flappy Bird is back, PS5 hub update, Knull creators had no idea character was in new Venom movie, Annapurna’s entire gaming staff resigns, Pokemon suing Palworld, Donald Glover wants to make Star Wars fun again, Inside Out 2 development was fucked up, EA not making a new Sims but expanding on the Sims 4, Silent Hill 2 remake exclusive to PS5 for a year, Arcane season 2, Stardew Valley LEGO build, Ubisoft struggling, Ghost of Yotei announced, Robocop TV series, new law will make storefront disclose you don’t own digital media, Valve unique way to crack down on cheaters, Hideo Kojima signs deal for movies and anime, Bane / Deathstroke movie, Meta Quest 3S only $300 and Fntastic is back!

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Rod and Karen discuss Listener feedback, entertainment, Attack of Titan movie, Black Myth: Wukong streaming rules, Beau DeMayo, Xbox GamePass games will be delayed in teirs, Ultron returning for Vision TV series, Playstation 5 price increase in Japan, Cyberpunk 2077 animation, Marathon director fired for misconduct, Amazon Games CEO has controversial AI comments, Dustborn Devs dealing with hate, Visions of Mana Dev shut down, The Batman video game, Rocksteady layoffs due to Suicide Squad game sales, Invincible live-action movie, Concord shuts down after 2 weeks, Marvel vs Capcom coming to Xbox, Enotria vs Microsoft, Star Wars Outlaws sales lower than expected, Twilight anime, Playstation exec wants more PS originated games, Creature Comamandos release date, Dr. Disrespect is back, Hi-Fi Rush founder thought the game’s success secured studio’s future and Beau Demayo removed The Blade.

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Rod, Karen and LJ discuss listener feedback, entertainment, Beau De Mayo vs Disney, Dr. Disrespect deletes statement, RDJ is back as Doom, Bungie layoffs, Jamie Lee Curtis apologizes for dissing MCU, Battlestar Galactica reboot no longer happening, Game Informer shutting down, John Wick TV spinoff, Cartoon Network website shut down, Russian Chess players accused of poisoning rival, Airbnb Polly Pocket house, Borderlands 4 coming, Uwe Boll mocks Borderlands movie, Halle Berry almost reprised Storm, Paramount TV studios shuts down, Switch 2 won’t be here in 2024, Nic Cage to play John Madden, Tango Gameworks revival, Deadpool and Wolverine is the highest grossing Rated R movie ever, Epic Games store now on mobile devices, custom download options for COD, Corey Yuen died in 2022, Kit Harrington on the end of GoT, Final Fantasy 16 could come to Xbox, Secret Level TV show, Let’s Build A Dungeon and Rachael Lillis dies at 55.

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Rod and Karen discuss listener feedback, entertainment, game out after 22 year delay, Arkham Asylum live action series no longer moving forward, Xbox Game Pass price increase with new tiers, Truck-kun anime trope, Men in Black 5, Russo Brothers in talks to return to Marvel, Halo TV series cancelled, Mr. and Mrs. Smith update, Nintendo releases joy-con charging station, some Phase 4 characters getting left out of MCU, Morbius director says he wasn’t a good fit, Kevin Feige getting Walk of Fame star, new basketball game announced, Nintendo revoke Splatoon 3 championship win, Hello Kitty is not a cat, Disney World slashes prices, Ike Perlmutter out, voice actors strike over AI in video games, GTA 6 gets exemption from actor strike, Bioshock film still coming to Netflix, Xbox 360 store ending soon, Whoopi Goldberg gets key to hell from Diablo 4, Marvel teases Fantastic 4, Japanese man jailed over bomb threats to Nintendo, The Boys prequel coming to Amazon, Cartoon Network crossover, no Superman at SDCC, new streaming bundle, Inside Out 2 officially highest grossing animated movie of all time, Ubisoft addresses historical authenticity in newest game, Activision used AI-generated cosmetic in MW3, Concord looking like a dud for Sony and Invincible season 4 announced.

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